Re: CRIT: COAGG synopsis (longish, sorry)

In article <1ufsjxmxrqhl4.2incf0eakccb$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:51:56 -0800, David Friedman
> <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> <news:ddfr-824BCB.11515616012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
> rec.arts.sf.composition:
>
> [...]
>
> > One is a prime. three is a prime. Five is a prime. Seven is a prime.
>
> One isn't a prime.

One is a special case. It ought to be a prime, but mathematicians like
to confuse people. If Ockham had had anything to say about it ... .

The joke is supposed to have versions for different researchers. The
experimental physicist goes on:

Nine? Eleven is a prime, thirteen is a prime, all odd numbers are prime.

"What about nine?"

"Nine is experimental error."

--
www.daviddfriedman.com
daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
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